Note: Contributors: N. Dimsdale, J. Kay, P. Marsh, J. Charkham, A. Sykes, D. McWilliams, A. Sentance, M. Middleton, D. Lomax, C. Mayer, A. Beecroft, A. Hughes, M. Prevezer, M. Ricketts, J. Edwards, E. Schneider-Lenne, J. Corbett, S. Masuyama, K. FischerR Written by leading academics, bankers,...

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Primary institutions : property rights, legal systems, the state - theories and concepts -- Meso-institutions : varieties of capitalism and comparative corporate governance : theories and concepts -- How did Britain's "good"...